Moffatt(i)
23 It was about that time that a great commotion arose over the Way. This was how it happened.
24 By making silver shrines of Artemis a silversmith called Demetrius was the means of bringing rich profit to his workmen.
25 So he got them together, along with the workmen who belonged to similar trades, and said to them: "My men, you know this trade is the source of our wealth.
26 You also see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over Asia this fellow Paul has drawn off a considerable number of people by his persuasions. He declares that hand-made gods are not gods at all.
27 Now the danger is not only that we will have our trade discredited but that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will fall into contempt and that she will be degraded from her majestic glory, she whom all Asia and the wide world worship."
28 When they heard this they were filled with rage and raised the cry, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"
29 So the city was filled with confusion. They rushed like one man into the amphitheatre, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were travelling with Paul.